Medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) says it had been forced to suspend its work in Gaza City because of the ongoing Israeli offensive there.
The statement came after the Israeli military pressed its offensive against Hamas in Gaza City, where several hundred thousand people are believed to remain.
Israel has been urging residents to flee to safer areas and estimates that some 700,000 of the 1 million population have left.
“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces,” says Jacob Granger, MSF emergency coordinator in Gaza.
“This is the last thing we wanted, as the needs in Gaza City are enormous, with the most vulnerable people — infants in neo-natal care, those with severe injuries and life-threatening illnesses — unable to move and in grave danger.”
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